Legislation – Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022
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PART 1STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
The Commission’s strategic duties
3Promoting equality of opportunity
(1)
The Commission must promote—
(a)
increased participation in Welsh tertiary education by persons who are members of under-represented groups;
(b)
increased participation in the carrying out of research and innovation in Wales by persons who are members of under-represented groups;
(c)
retention of students who are members of under-represented groups to the end of courses of Welsh tertiary education;
(d)
reduction of any gaps in attainment in Welsh tertiary education between different groups of students where the differences arise from social, cultural, economic or organisational factors;
(e)
the provision of support for students finishing courses of Welsh tertiary education who are members of under-represented groups to continue their tertiary education, find employment or start a business.
(2)
In this section, “under-represented groups” are—
(a)
in relation to tertiary education, groups that are under-represented in Welsh tertiary education as a result of social, cultural, economic or organisational factors, and
(b)
in relation to research and innovation, groups that are under-represented in the carrying out of research and innovation in Wales as a result of social, cultural, economic or organisational factors.